On Saturday 17 October 2009 03:20:36 pm Guus Snijders wrote: > David C. Rankin schreef: > > On Saturday 17 October 2009 05:53:12 am Dario wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> In data sabato 17 ottobre 2009 12:32:49, Dario ha scritto: > >>> Well, I usually had a FATAL kind of error in DMESG, due to a missing > >>> module that I insisted on having loaded in rc.conf, but the "fatality" > >>> was related to the attempt to load it, and didn't not harm the rest of > >>> the boot sequence. I agree that indeed it's the wrong name. > >> > >> But you are right: in the strace, looking at the syntax, the error is > >> not coming from X, but from the kernel, and X reads the fatality as a > >> bad thing, I suppose, so this could be a X server bug. Maybe you can > >> recompile the kernel with fbcon as a module and see what happens... > > > > Well, I'm not an Arch kernel guru, but I guess you mean adding fbcon to > > the MODULES="" line in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf so it would read: > > > > MODULES="fbcon intel_agp i915" > > > > and then rebuilding with > > > > mkinitcpio -p kernel26 > > > > > > I'll give it a shot and report back.... > > David, i'm really impressed with your persistence in this. Way to go! > On the other hand, if the fbcon module is built-in now, than adding it > MODULES probably won't change > anything as it isn't compiled as module. > > I think it is about this line in the kernel .config: > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y > > But i'm not sure. Anyone? > > > mvg, > Guus > Guus, Thanks for the tip. I'm still playing with it in between getting kiddos to gymnastic meets, honey-doos, etc... I have faith! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
